I just rewatched the dodgeball scene in The Pack and I read the linked article earlier today about them training for the movie and becoming covered with bruises. I'm confused. It's a soft rubber ball, right? Why is it such a rough game? I played it as a kid, but didn't take PE in high school. Help me out.

Yes, the ball is made of rubber but it's a solid, air filled ball and is no way soft when thrown at a high intensity. Think of it this way, water is soft if you gently get in or do a clean dive but jump from a high enough point and land flat on your stomach - ouch!!

Good point, eddy. If River can really kill people with her brain, she has to be excluded from the dodgeball game. So do Willow, and post-demonization Cordelia, they're disqualified. They can all render the game moot and meaningless. So what are our line-ups, then?

Is it me or does anyone else get upset that whenever the press mentions Aly these days it is always for American Pie and not Buffy? Buffy was sooooo much better and she actually got to play a significant role. :-)

I think even though the characters would be funny, to actually have the actors as themselves playing dodgeball. Personally I think that would even be funnier and have Joss as ref. - it could be done for charity and to raise Serenity awareness by having an Extreme Celebrity Dodgeball with actors from the horrorverse (Buffy/Angel) vs the sci-fiverse (Firefly).

Passion, to answer your "Do the astronauts get to use weapons" question. NO. (That scene still cracks me up:)

zz9, can you bronze a dodgeball? (Helpless)
Oz would have had a better chance dusting that one vamp in the graveyard. (Anne)

Excellent idea, RavenU. It would be for a good cause and it would promote 'Serenity' at the same time. There are many more people aware of Buffy than Firefly. Putting the actors together for an event such as this would put Firefly in the spotlight.

Speaking about spotlight, I'm just glad to see any news on Alyson. She's been out of the publics eye for too long.

I think Aly probably *wants* to be known for a "Major Motion Picture" franchise like "American Pie". She has the best chance of getting cast in more movies if she flouts her *most* successful (financially, only, of course) project uppermost. It's just good business.